August 19: Celebrating 177 years of World Photography Day

August 19 is the day of world photography, the day to honor those who love photography. First held in France in 1893, this is an important milestone, marking the birth of the world photography industry.

Birth history of World Photography Day August 19

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In 1837, Joseph Nicèphore Niècece and Louis Daguerre invented a method to save images called Daguerreotype .

They used a piece of copper, polished it to a mirror-like level, and covered the solution to be able to record and save the image on it. Then, just for the copper piece surface to be exposed long enough to light, we get the image. This approach later became popular throughout the next 20 years. This image processing method was announced by the French Academy of Sciences on January 9, 1839.

And on August 19, 1839, the French government acquired the copyright of this method and provided it free in the world, to promote the development of photography.

Although, Daguerreotype is the first method of image processing in the world to be widely recognized and published, but not the method to create the first image in the world.

Earlier, in 1826, Nicèphore Niècece created the work " View from the Window at Le Gras " with a process of image processing called Heliography . This fixes a longer paper-based display based on the detection of a dark silver and chalk mixture when exposed to light. Nicéphore Niépce noticed the contaminants.

In 1827, Nicèphore Nièpce met and collaborated with Daguerre, using a dark box Porta to take photos. This event is considered to mark the birth of Photography, that year the first picture of the Art of Photography with the time taken took 8 hours on the " street roof " was born. However, because of the time it takes to create an image so long, the Daguerreotype is considered an optimal and more important image processing process.

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This is the work from View from the Window at Le Gras' which Nicèphore Nièpce recorded in 1826 in France.This photo opens for world photography and takes 8 hours to record.

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The first photo recorded and treated with the Daguerreotype method is the bustling street scene at Boulevard du Temple.However, you do not see any car because to record this image, the author must expose it for a very long time.

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Portrait photos are recorded and processed by Daguerreotype method

And finally, International Photography Day was created based on 2 important events:

1. Daguerreotype - the best and most realistic method of image processing officially announced
2. The French government acquired the rights of this method and shared it freely for mankind

Do not distinguish amateur or professional, use a camera or any device, take a snapshot to store and share the moments around your life with the world.

World Photo Day page organizes a photo sharing event. Any photo you upload to this community will contribute to creating a huge Mosaic picture with a variety of genres, content, culture, . and these photos come from millions of handsets. many countries around the world. You can register World Photo Day here .